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UMB Bank · 1 day ago

Enterprise Cloud Architect

Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$83K/yr - $179K/yr

10+ years exp

UMB Bank is focused on streamlining and accelerating cloud adoption through its newly formed Enterprise Cloud Architect team. The Enterprise Cloud Architect will lead the development and evolution of the organization's cloud-native platform and enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards while guiding teams in cloud solutions and governance.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define enterprise cloud strategy, reference architectures, and design patterns aligned with business modernization roadmaps

Lead enterprise architecture discipline across domains in conjunction with business and IT leadership

Identify and analyze emerging technology trends relevant to the organization

Lead strategy development for assigned domains and detect critical deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt

Develop, maintain, and evolve architecture context (current, transition, and future state) across domains

Build consensus across technical and business stakeholders on cloud adoption and architectural direction

Understand and document integration between on-prem and cloud systems with a lens on security, compliance and governance

Architect and design cloud solutions (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) that meet business requirements, compliance, and cost optimization goals

Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into enterprise and cloud infrastructure solutions

Lead evaluation and selection of cloud and technology product standards

Design infrastructure-as-code frameworks and reusable components

Establish governance frameworks, technology standards, and architectural principles

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies

Develop and oversee automation frameworks and configuration management practices

Establish infrastructure monitoring, observability, and operational standards

Ensure architecture and automation satisfy regulatory compliance and security controls

Participate in operational escalation and on-call support as needed

Coach, mentor, and collaborate with technical subject matter experts and architecture peers

Mentor application and infrastructure teams on cloud capabilities and DevOps best practices

Communicate architectural vision and technical decisions to executive, technical, and business audiences

Develop technology roadmaps and maintain reusable architecture documentation and patterns

Serve as internal cloud and architecture subject matter expert

Qualification

Enterprise architectureCloud architecture designInfrastructure-as-codeCloud platform knowledgeCloud security complianceCI/CD pipeline designAutomation scriptingContainerizationOrchestrationConfiguration managementNetwork fundamentalsSoft skills

Required

A Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience

At least 10 years of IT experience with progressive responsibility

At least 5 years enterprise or solutions architecture experience, preferably in leadership role

At least 5 years designing and implementing highly available, scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP)

At least 3 years architecting and deploying cloud services for enterprise environments

At least 2 years establishing observability and operational excellence solutions (metrics, logging, tracing)

At least 2 years with IT controls, compliance frameworks, and security standards

Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams and influencing senior-level stakeholders

Expert-level infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

Strong cloud platform knowledge with cost optimization expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Advanced understanding of cloud security, identity, and compliance (IAM, encryption, VPC)

Automation scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS)

CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps workflows (Terraform)

Configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

Network fundamentals (VPC design, routing, load balancing, DNS)

Software development methodologies and QA standards

Knowledge of industry standards and architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ITIL)

Ability to not only architect, but build

Preferred

Financial systems integration/implementation experience

Any of the following certifications AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent enterprise cloud certification (Azure, GCP, TOGAF)